SFI-UF 101 Lecture Notes - Battle Of Thermopylae, Trireme, The Persians
7 Oct 2014
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Democracy was based on the triremes- because citizens go to war. Temple of apolo delphi- like an oracle- they ask the male priest and then the priest would as the pythia (oracle). They would go below the temple into the room where the pythia (young girl, virgin) would sit on a crack in the earth. The gases would come up from the crack and the priest would ask the question. Spartan king march with 300 spartans to fight a million persians. They march up to thermopylae and pick up some. They come up to thermopylae and build a wall to protect them. He sends the immortals up the mountain where there is a road. The spartans send the hoplites to block the road on the top of the mountain. They see the elite of the persian army and the spartans are fighting the persians from two sides. Eventually the persians are victorious and they slaughter the spartans.
